Data Scientist

Vancouver, BC Canada

Overview

Does a day filled with “Randomize, Train, Repeat” sound like a super-good day to you?

Hootsuite is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Data Team. You will work with otherScientists, and the product team to measure the actions and interactions users have in Hootsuite in order to drive innovation on current and future products.

Individuals in this role are expected to have a passion for understanding social phenomena from data, be comfortable working as a quantitative researcher and to take on software engineering tasks.

The candidate should have a good grasp of a variety of data science techniques and the ability to use them to answer hard questions about our product. Merely knowing the math isn’t enough. Engaging with the right people to make sure you understand what actually must be solved is key.

Your creative mind will dream up solutions and your persistence will get you through the iterations of prototyping and implementation.

Your analytics models will be gauged by usefulness, not novelty, complexity or mathematica beauty. Those models are going to be used and have to be kept up-to-date.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the product team to identify and answer relevant questions

Hootsuite is the world’s most widely used social media relationship platform. More than 10 million users, including 744 of the Fortune 1000 companies, trust Hootsuite to manage their social media programs across multiple social networks from one integrated dashboard. Learn more about how Hootsuite is revolutionizing communication at http://www.hootsuite.com.
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